This year marked a special milestone for Four Fun Fridays, which celebrated its 10th anniversary with a series of events themed around “Eco Explorers”. Families enjoyed professional street theatre, creative art workshops, playful installations and hands-on activities designed especially for primary-aged children. 

The sounds, flavours and traditions of communities from around the world will fill Andover High Street on Monday 31 August as the popular World Street Party returns for its third year.

The free family-friendly event will run from midday to 5pm and visitors can enjoy an afternoon packed with live performances, interactive workshops and international food. Performers, activity leaders and stallholders will share their talents, heritage, stories and experiences.

Families are invited to join the celebrations as Four Fun Fridays marks its tenth anniversary this August with a programme of free creative activities, performances and workshops.

Organised by Test Valley Borough Council, the much-loved summer event returns every Friday throughout August with this year's theme, Eco Explorers, encouraging children and their families to discover the incredible diversity of life on Earth and learn how they can help protect it.

Hundreds of families headed into Andover town centre on Saturday 25 July to celebrate the start of the school holidays as Step into Summer returned with a day of free arts, culture and creativity.

Step into Summer returns to Andover town centre on Saturday 25 July, with a free interactive arts trail for children and families to kick off the school holidays. Organised by the Andover Network of Cultural Organisations (ANCO), families can explore venues across the town centre, take part in activities, collect stamps and solve the secret word to win a prize. 

Andover town centre will burst into bloom this weekend as the annual Gardening Fair returns to the High Street on Sunday 17 May, from 10am to 4pm.

The much-loved event brings together local growers, independent traders and community organisations for a day celebrating gardening, sustainability and creativity. Visitors can browse a wide selection of plants, including locally grown and specialist varieties, alongside a range of garden accessories, handmade goods and advice from community groups.

Stepping inside Santa’s Post Office, you could forget you were in an empty shop in the Chantry Centre! The twinkling lights on the Christmas trees, the reindeer, Santa’s sleigh, snow and penguins all added to the magical atmosphere, transforming the shop into a wintery, festive venue.

This year, our town has been buzzing with youthful energy thanks to the launch of Young Trader markets. Designed to give young people the chance to sell their handmade products in a real market environment, these events have quickly become a highlight of our community calendar.

The Andover Christmas Festival has become one of the town’s most anticipated annual events, bringing people together and showcasing the very best of local talent, businesses, and festive cheer. For many families, it has become a cherished tradition that marks the start of the holiday season, creating lasting memories. For local businesses, it is one of the busiest and most rewarding nights of the year.

Visitors of all ages joined in the celebrations on Sunday 14 September as Andover marked the 200th anniversary of its iconic Guildhall with a special heritage open day.

How do you create a puppet that represents the heritage and many cultures of Andover residents? This was the task we gave locally-based artist Kezia Hoffman and the Andover Cultural Sharing Group.

It was the August Bank Holiday Monday, a hot summer’s day at the end of the school holidays, and Andover High Street was alive with music, dancing, vibrant traditional costumes, the sounds of chatting and laughter and the smells of delicious food.

Vibrant, creative, friendly, community, busy, lively, fantastic… these are just some of the words used by visitors to describe this year’s Four Fun Fridays events which took place in August on Andover High Street.